Butter-cutting device



oct. 25, 1927. 1,647,098

H. s. LANouE I BUTTER CUTTING DEVICE Filed opt. 12; 1925 lr i i Hmmm E 24 I @New Patented Gct. 25, 1927.

Unirse iaiENT OFFICE.

HENRY-'SAMELLANOUn or WooNsocxEtr, RHODE ISLAND; AssiGNoR or oNnHA'Lr" rro JAooBL. Korrinnfor WORCESTER., MASSACHUSETTS.,

BUTTEReUT'rING' DEVICE.

Appncation mea octoberl 12, 1925. seriai N61 61,921.

It is the obj ect of my invention-to' improve the construction of such a .butter cutting de'- vice',l rendering thel device more satisfactory in operation and presenting speci-tic advantages for the vpurposes set forth. Y A

Animportant feature of my inventionrelatestoi the provision of improved means for severing the butter from; the mass, after' the cutting deviceV has beeny inserted in the buttei. f

My invention further relates to arrange; ments andi combinations ofpa-rts whichwill be hereinafter described and more'particularly pointed outI .inthe appended claims.

A preferred form of the invention is shownin the drawings, in which u l Fig.V 1 is`A a front eleva-tion ofmy improved butter cutting devicev with certain parts shown in section; v Y

Fig. 2v is a side elevation thereofwith cer`V tain parts shown in section;l

Fig. Sis a view siriifilarto Fig. 2 but showing the parts in a different position ;.y y ,Y

Fig. 4! is a sectionall view, taken 'along the 35 linea-1in Fig.2'; n, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view,

taken along the line 5-5 inFi'g. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View, along the line 6`6 in Fig. 5; a

Fig.v 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view, looking in the direction of the arrow 7 in Fig. 6, and y I y Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail plan View of certain parts to be described. e Referring to the drawings, my improved butter cutting device comprises a rectangutaken lar tubular member or body 10-which is open y at its lower end and which preferably has its lower edges bevelled at the outside as shown '50 most clearly at 1l in 6. The upper end of the tubular member 10 is closed by a head 12 secured in the tubular member and supmuch more pleasing cutout irregularly by' porting asleeve 13 fixed thereto. and pro` vided with a handle 14 yatzits upper'endf.

An ejector 15 is slidable inthe member` 10I and is secured at the lower end ofa rod:v lr6YV movably mounted in the'sleevefl. A. hanl dle 17 projects laterally from the rod 16 through an elongated slot 18 inthe'sleeve 13 andV constitutes means for forcing' the'ejeetor. downward to remove the severed portion ofAVV butter fromrthe tubular meinberlO.

The head 12 also providesvasupport for two pairs of guide rods 2O `and 21 on which handles 22 and 23 are slidablfy'mounted.` The tubular member 10 is provided with longif tudinal grooves or recesses 24` (Fig. 7) in eachy corner thereof and also with transverse guide ways 25 (Figs. 5 andy 6) whichv areY preferably,substantially T-shaped in' crosssection. Movable guide blocks 27 arevslidable in the guideways 25 and may be in the form of rolls, as indicated.' in Figs. 5 and. 8. Fixed guide rolls 2S are also'mountedfjat the corners of the tubular member l0 adjacentv the intersection of the guideways 25 and the corner grooves or recesses 24.

Asingle or double cutting element extends across the open lower end of' the tubular member 10 from vone guide block 27 to the other ,and` thiscutting element is connected for reciprocation by the handles' 22 and 23.y Preferably the double cutting. elementl'and connectionsy are formed by single pieces of thin flexiblesteel wire such as piano wire. One of these` wires 30 extends from one of the handles, as 23, downward through one of the corner recesses 24 to one of the guide rolls 28 andl guideways 25, thence along the guide-V way to one of the guide blocks 27, thence -through an axial opening therein to the other guide block 27 and back along the opposite guideway 25 and corresponding corner recess 24 to the handle 23. i

A similar Wire 31 extends from the other handle 22 to the guide blocks 27 and back to the handle 22, the two wires being closely adjacent and parallel between the guide blocks 27 and being suitably guided at the corners of the tubular member by the guide rolls 28. y l

Having described the details of construc tion of my improved butter cutting device, K

the method of use thereof will be readily understood. The device is first forced downward into the butter until the member l0 is completely filled with butter and the ejector l5 is at its extreme upper limit of tiavel, as shown in Fig. 2. One of the handles, as 23, is then pulled upwardly on its guide rods 2l, thus tensioning the wire 30 and drawing it across the open lower end of the member 10 from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3. By this action the butter in the tubular member l0 is easily severed from the mass in the tub by this flexible wire 30.

The entire device is then removed from the tub and the butter may be ejected by pushing downward upon the handle 17 which operates ythe ejector l5. The devic-e may then be again inserted in the butter and the severing operation may be performed by pulling upward on the other handle 22 which is then in lowered position. Preferaloly the movement of the idle handle is yieldingly i retarded during the severing operation, so that both wires 30 and 3l are tensioned and act together in cutting the butter loose from the mass. The use of two wires to form the cutting element is not always necessary.

Having thus described the operation of my improved butter cutting device and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is l. The combination in a butter cutting device comprising a rectangular tubular member closed at its upper end and open at its lower end, and an ejector slidable in said tubular member, of a pair of thin flexible wires extending closely adjacent each other across the open lower end of said tubular member, and means by the use of which said wires may be tensioned manually and may be drawn simultaneously across the end of said tubular member in either direction to sever the butter contained therein.

2. The combination in a butter cutting device comprising a rectangular tubular member closed at its upper end and open at its lower end and an ejector slidable in said tubular member, of a pair of thin flexible wires extending closely adjacent each other' across the open lower end of said tubular member, and means by the use of which inanual tension may be applied to one wire and a ietarding pressure may be applied to the other wire, and by which both wires may be simultaneouslygmoved under tension across the open end of lsaid tubular member in either direction tosever the butter contained therein.

3. A butter cutting device comprising a rectangular tubular member closed at its upper end and'open at its lower end and having transverse guide-ways therein, an

thereto, flexible elements connecting said handles to said guide blocks and cutting element, and guide rolls for said flexible'elements fixed adjacent the lower end of said tubular member.`

4. A butter cutting device comprising a rectangular member closed at its upper end and open at its lower end and having transe verse guide-ways therein, an ejector slidable in said tubular member, and a butter severing mechanism movable from side to sidey across said tubular member and adjacent the open lowerfend thereof, said-severing mech-V anism comprising a pair of guide blocks slidable in said transverse guide-ways in said tubular member, a thin cutting element connecting said blocks, a pair of handles supported on said tubular member and vertically slidable relatively thereto, flexible elements connecting said handles to said guide blocks and cutting element, and guide rolls for said flexible elements fixed adjacent the lower end of said tubular member, said tubular member having longitudinal recesses in its side walls for said flexible elements.

5. A butter cutting device comprising a rectangular tubular member vclosed at its upper end and open at its lower end, an ejector slidable in said tubular member, said tubular member having Vtransverse guideways adjacent itsl open lower lend, movable guide blocks in said guideways, a handle movably mounted on said tubular member, and a thin flexible wire extending from said handle to one of said movable guide blocks, thence across the open lower end of said tubular member to the other movable guide block and back to said handle, said wire` being guided in a definite path between said handle and said guide blocks and being movable by said handle across said tubular member to sever the butter contained therein.

6. A butter cutting device comprising a rectangular tubular member closed at its upper end and open at its lower end, an ejector slidable in said tubular member, said tubular member having transverse. guideways adjacent its open lowei' end and longitudinal enclosed recesses at its corners, movable guide blocks in said guideways, guide rolls fixed at-the ends of said guideways adjacent said recesses, a pair of handles mountedfor vertical reciprocation on said tubular member, and a pair of thin flexible wires, one Wire extending from each handle t( one of said movable guide blocks, thence across the open lower end of said tubulary member to -the othex1 movable guide block and back to the same handle, and each wire being guided by certain of said fixed guide rolls, said two wires forming a double outting element to seveil the butter contained in said tubular memberand being movable under tension by said handles across the open lower end of said member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature. v

HENRY SAMUEL LANGUE. 

